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Adults

Crunch talks under way as struggling council discusses plans to reduce debts

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Adults, Children

Council plans social care cuts as it looks to make ‘significant’ spending reductions

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Adults, Workforce

Local authority at fault for delayed assessment after DoLS referral, ombudsman finds

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Adults, Children

Named social worker pilot boosts skills, knowledge and confidence, says report

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Adults

LGA launches own green paper as adult social care hits ‘breaking point’

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Adults

Annual report shows slight increase in complaints about adult social care

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Adults

Five things you need to know about Liberty Protection Safeguards

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Adults

Hancock aims to improve relationship between health and social care sectors

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Adults

Peers call for significant changes to DoLS replacement system to secure rights of service users

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Adults

Increased role for care homes in DoLS replacement model risks conflicts of interest, warn experts

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Adults, Children

New health and social care secretary told to ‘grasp the social care challenge’

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Adults

Mental health patient’s murder ‘could have been avoided’, review says

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Adults, Children

New health and social care secretary announced

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Adults

Failure to conduct mental capacity assessment left man at risk of financial abuse, ombudsman says

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Adults

Information about discharged patients ‘rarely or never sufficient’, say one in four providers

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Adults

Council trialled assistive tech solution without informing family, ombudsman finds

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